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Andrei Vasilevskiy

#88 · Goalie · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Jul 25, 1994 in Tyumen, RUS (age 32) · 6'4", 220 lb · Catches left · Drafted 19th overall in 2012 by TBL (round 1)

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×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2020-21, 2019-20
×2 Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 2025-26, 2018-19
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 2020-21

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ · 65 GP, 0.921 Frederik Andersen TOR · 66 GP, 0.918 Jonathan Quick LAK · 64 GP, 0.921 Cam Talbot EDM · 67 GP, 0.908 Connor Hellebuyck WPG · 67 GP, 0.924

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602014-15: 16 games1614-152015-16: 24 games2415-162016-17: 50 games5016-172017-18: 65 games6517-182018-19: 53 games5318-192019-20: 52 games5219-202020-21: 42 games4220-212021-22: 63 games6321-222022-23: 60 games6022-232023-24: 52 games5223-242024-25: 63 games6324-252025-26: 58 games5825-262026-27: 3 games326-27

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2014-15 TBL 16 7511 415 381 34 2.36 0.918 $925K
2015-16 TBL 24 111001 646 588 58 2.76 0.910 $925K
2016-17 TBL 50 231772 1480 1357 123 2.61 0.917 $925K
2017-18 TBL 65 441738 2075 1908 167 2.62 0.920 $3.5M
2018-19 TBL 53 391046 1713 1585 128 2.40 0.925 $3.5M
2019-20 TBL 52 351433 1605 1472 133 2.56 0.917 $3.5M
2020-21 TBL 42 311015 1237 1144 93 2.21 0.925 $9.5M
2021-22 TBL 63 391852 1868 1712 156 2.49 0.916 $9.5M
2022-23 TBL 60 342244 1875 1716 159 2.65 0.915 $9.5M
2023-24 TBL 52 302022 1477 1329 148 2.90 0.900 $9.5M
2024-25 TBL 63 382056 1716 1581 136 2.18 0.921 $9.5M
2025-26 TBL 58 391542 1483 1353 132 2.31 0.912 $9.5M
2026-27 TBL 3 2100 59 53 6 2.05 0.898 $9.5M
13 seasons Career 601 3721793942 17649 16179 1473 2.50 0.917

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2014-15 TBL 4 1100 57 51 6 3.19 0.895
2015-16 TBL 8 3400 267 247 20 2.76 0.925
2017-18 TBL 17 11600 524 481 43 2.58 0.918
2018-19 TBL 4 0400 104 89 15 3.82 0.856
2019-20 TBL 22 16601 651 604 47 1.85 0.928
2020-21 TBL 23 16705 699 655 44 1.90 0.937
2021-22 TBL 23 14901 752 693 59 2.52 0.922
2022-23 TBL 6 2400 184 161 23 3.56 0.875
2023-24 TBL 5 1400 156 140 16 3.22 0.897
2024-25 TBL 5 1400 125 109 16 3.27 0.872
2025-26 TBL 7 3401 156 140 16 2.18 0.897
11 seasons Playoffs 124 685308 3675 3370 305 2.43 0.917

2017-18 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
65 64 441738 2075 1908 167 2.62 0.920

Contract

$3.5MCap hitends in 2020
$736KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.8 goals above replacement
$1.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.8MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 56 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jul 1, 2016, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $10.5M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2019-20, with 2 seasons left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $3.5M $3M $0 $3M
2018-19 $3.5M $3.5M $0 $3.5M
2019-20 $3.5M $4M $0 $4M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 29, 2019 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2020-21 to 2027-28 8 $76M $9.5M
Jul 1, 2016 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $10.5M $3.5M
May 6, 2014 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $4.425M $925K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2017-18 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.8Goals above replacement39th of 56 goalies
+0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-11.1Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 56 ranked goalies: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. Goals above average is coloured as it is under Shots faced below, where it is taken per 60 minutes.

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-10010203040502014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

-11.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
155.9Expected goals againstfrom 2,767 unblocked attempts
167Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.920Save %0.925 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 58 goalies who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. The two goals against tiles are left plain, since they follow how much he played.

Goals saved -0.17 above expected per 60 minutes29th
Shot difficulty 5.6% chance per attempt faced2ndA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 58 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Game 60Allowed 167Expected 155.9

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 6, 2018 vs BUF W 7-5 W 32 27 5 0.844 59:27
Apr 3, 2018 vs BOS W 4-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 59:41
Apr 1, 2018 vs NSH L 1-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:18
Mar 29, 2018 @ BOS L 2-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 58:33
Mar 24, 2018 @ NJD L 1-2 L 31 29 2 0.935 58:12
Mar 22, 2018 @ NYI W 7-6 W 41 35 6 0.854 59:48
Mar 20, 2018 vs TOR W 4-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 17, 2018 vs BOS L 0-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 57:57
Mar 13, 2018 vs OTT L 4-7 L 29 23 6 0.793 40:00
Mar 8, 2018 vs NYR W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 6, 2018 vs FLA W 5-4 (OT) W 49 45 4 0.918 62:49
Mar 3, 2018 vs PHI W 7-6 (SO) W 43 37 6 0.860 65:00
Feb 28, 2018 vs BUF L 1-2 (OT) OTL 34 32 2 0.941 61:26
Feb 26, 2018 vs TOR W 4-3 (SO) W 30 27 3 0.900 64:59
Feb 24, 2018 @ MTL W 4-3 (SO) W 32 29 3 0.906 64:36
Feb 20, 2018 @ WSH W 4-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Feb 17, 2018 vs NJD L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 57:51
Feb 15, 2018 vs DET W 4-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 59:53
Feb 12, 2018 @ TOR L 3-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 58:13
Feb 10, 2018 vs LAK W 4-3 W 47 44 3 0.936 60:00
Feb 8, 2018 vs VAN W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:57
Feb 5, 2018 @ EDM L 2-6 L 26 22 4 0.846 40:00
Feb 3, 2018 @ VAN W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Feb 1, 2018 @ CGY W 7-4 W 46 42 4 0.913 60:00
Jan 25, 2018 @ PHI W 5-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Jan 22, 2018 @ CHI W 2-0 W, SO 40 40 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 20, 2018 @ MIN L 2-5 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:23
Jan 18, 2018 vs VGK L 1-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Jan 11, 2018 vs CGY L 1-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 59:54
Jan 9, 2018 vs CAR W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Jan 6, 2018 @ OTT L 3-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 57:49
Jan 4, 2018 @ MTL L 1-2 (SO) OTL 38 37 1 0.974 65:00
Jan 2, 2018 @ TOR W 2-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 31, 2017 @ CBJ W 5-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 29, 2017 vs PHI L 3-5 4 4 0 1.000 08:09
Dec 28, 2017 vs MTL W 3-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Dec 23, 2017 vs MIN W 3-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 58:37
Dec 21, 2017 vs OTT W 4-3 (SO) W 21 18 3 0.857 64:36
Dec 19, 2017 @ VGK L 3-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Dec 14, 2017 @ ARI W 4-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Dec 12, 2017 @ STL W 3-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 9, 2017 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) W 20 17 3 0.850 60:36
Dec 5, 2017 vs NYI W 6-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 59:37
Dec 2, 2017 vs SJS W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Nov 29, 2017 @ BOS L 2-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 58:37
Nov 28, 2017 @ BUF W 2-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 59:50
Nov 24, 2017 @ WSH L 1-3 L 37 35 2 0.946 57:34
Nov 22, 2017 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) W 31 29 2 0.935 63:25
Nov 18, 2017 vs NYI L 3-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:02
Nov 16, 2017 vs DAL W 6-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 12, 2017 @ ANA W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 8, 2017 @ SJS W 5-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 59:59
Nov 4, 2017 vs CBJ W 5-4 (SO) W 34 30 4 0.882 65:00
Nov 2, 2017 vs NYR L 1-2 (OT) OTL 35 33 2 0.943 61:03
Oct 30, 2017 @ FLA W 8-5 W 23 18 5 0.783 60:00
Oct 26, 2017 vs DET W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 59:27
Oct 24, 2017 @ CAR W 5-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Oct 21, 2017 vs PIT W 7-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Oct 19, 2017 @ CBJ W 2-0 W, SO 43 43 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 16, 2017 @ DET W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 59:30
Oct 14, 2017 vs STL W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:58
Oct 12, 2017 vs PIT W 5-4 W 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Oct 9, 2017 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) W 26 23 3 0.885 62:45
Oct 7, 2017 @ FLA L 4-5 L 48 43 5 0.896 57:40
Oct 6, 2017 vs FLA W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00